FLavius Valerius Constantinus

I can't think of an example in a Latin text (I can in Greek, but that's no use). English is the only language I know in which you can repeat "great" and people will understand -- they don't understand if you try it in French! So. In Latin you have avia for grandmother, proavia for great-grandmother, and then what? My instinct is to say "avia meae aviae", the grandmother of my grandmother (or, in the other case, "avia mei avi", the grandmother of my grandfather). That is in fact the way it was done in ancient Greek. Avia is the usual spelling of the word, but ava is also possible. Seriously, this is the funniest use of Latin words I've ever seen. But yes, I think the repitition is best choice, avia aviae meae or proavia proaviae meae

Oh my, that thing is a beauty.

Let's not forget old dear Theodora and Julian who tricked and slaughtered the mob of Constantinople inside the Hippodrome during the Nika riots.

Wasn't Dacia abandoned because of the migration of the Goths into the region and subsequently the Huns?

I suggest you retract that first statement. The specific issue here is Egypt, not Nepal. Also, the state religion doesn't ensure anything. And if you find insensitive to have a Bible in a muslim country, then you are insensitive to the plight of the native Christian gens who have sided for centuries or milleniums in those countries. Is it wrong for them to bear a Bible in the country of their births.

The Goths originally came from Sweden, but when they migrated to Vistula, they by the time of Christian Rome were already embedded in that region, thus barely Scandinavian at all.The Goths were actually pretty darn civilized for barbaros after they were incorporated into Christianity and the Roman legions. Anyways, my theory is that the Scandinavians(besides the Goths) really didn't have much contact with Rome because they were too damn busy fighting amongst themselves for living space and with intense competition from the Germanics of mainland Europe. They only became a serious/vexing threat around the time of Charlemagne.

If you think kids in London are any brighter and politicians more effective, you're going to be sorely disappointed on this this side of the pond . But at least we're closer to Roman ruins Thank the Lord for your post. My God, and I don't hear anyone saying that the EU would collapse. Nothing but the US is gonna gonna gonna...

That's the worse mistake anyone can make in Iraq, underestimating the fact that the insurgency is part the civilian population. As for Michael Moore, hah, I can't trust him because his insane biased views.

LInk to Vid Notice the use of the word gluteus. They also have other hilarious mocku commercials.

If anyone is interested in some really nice scholarly pictures of her, here's the link

Oh well, the Church owns it, so they do what they want. Now if we could get the Hagia Sophia back, then heck, the Muslims can have any church in former Basque Spain.

Unfortunately, getting a Latin list without an actual online dictionary is really hard, considering that Vegetius is like upper level work. However, your best option is to get someone back in the states to buy you the New College Latin dictionary, which has like some odd 70,000 words and phrases(and definitely more comprehensive than that Minidictionary you've got and I know so because I've compared them), at Borders and it is like only "6 dollars." It's incredibly cheap. Oh also, welcome back.

Oh, those other terms are historically accurate alternatives for the "Roman Empire." Yunan is of Persian origins, which the Persians used to identify the Greeks. Iones is another terms to refer to the 'Roman' people of Graecus, though seldom used. [Rum]eli means land of the Romans to the Ottomans. Romania obviously was intended to mean land of the Romans too. Even the current country and its people of Romania call themselves Romans,but unfortunately, unsensistive Westerners call them Romanians.

I would join up, but speaking Latin is an incredible pain in the a// even though I'm in my third year. Damn you Cicero's First Catilinarian Oration!

Sorry, I didn't edit my post in time...for get what I said earlier[i realized I exaggerated a bit too much]. But the link I gave you should help.

Link to article Read around the middle. The article is also interesting too.

Although I want to learn modern Greek eventually, I'm already confused enough learning ancient greek. If anyone knows anything about the result clauses question above, please tell me! It's a real obstacle and the only companion I have is a 50 year old greek text book entitled a new introduction to greek The only useful thing I can say is that you should try comparing it with the Latin construction to help a little, although I'm pretty sure Attic Greek has different variations.

Which one, Common Sense by Thomas Paine or common sense by a rational being. If you are suggesting the book, I find it funny that that guy was a Paine-in-the-ass for George Washington. The man never stopped attacking poor old George's literacy and Presidency.

You know what, "corrupting the youth[morals of a minor]" makes me sound like Socrates! Learn Modern Greek! That may hold some truth, but the words used in Ancient/Attic Greek means/is completely different from the modern ones.

I still prefer the terms: Romans (Ρωμαίοι) and Romioi (Ρωμιοί), its so much more meaningful/accurate to me. Even the terms Romania, Rum(-eli), Γραικος(-οι), Ιωνες, and Yunan work. The term Βυζαντινοι is just(originally) a term that coined no such existing people.

It seems silly to me to force a person to go miles and miles every so many years just for recordkeeping; for one thing, during the few months before and after the Census, everything would be chaos, and for another thing, more than likely no one would bother to show up. My answer, yes it's impossible to sustain a census of the entire Roman world, but what really happened during Jesus' time was that the "local" governor or king decided to hold a local census so he could TAX them. If you want a long@// answer, here IF you want an easy answer: Courtesy of link to article

Phish, everyone knows that a commonly used curse phrase in Greek is: βαλλεις κορακας

Grammatically correct with a slight use of Britannian/British/Anglo spelling.(Do note this is a run on sentence)

I noticed that you drew a canteen, which I believe that it does not fall into the time period. Another technical thing is that pilum is kinda short, it should be at least from 5.5ft to max of 7 ft. In other words, around 2 meters.

Never thought I would see the day, but the Japs caught us a real live giant squid on high res. camera. Link to article and pics on left. Note: the Giant Squid is not the largest squid on Earth, the "Colossal Squid" is!